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retrovirus

ret·ro·vi·rus
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [re-truh-vahy-ruh s, re-truh-vahy-]
    • /ˌrɛ trəˈvaɪ rəs, ˈrɛ trəˌvaɪ-/
    • /ˌret.rəʊˈvaɪ.rəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [re-truh-vahy-ruh s, re-truh-vahy-]
    • /ˌrɛ trəˈvaɪ rəs, ˈrɛ trəˌvaɪ-/

Definitions of retrovirus word

  • noun plural retrovirus any of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers. 1
  • noun retrovirus one of a group of viruses that cause cancers and include the AIDS virus 1
  • noun retrovirus any of several viruses whose genetic specification is encoded in RNA rather than DNA and that are able to reverse the normal flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA by transcribing RNA into DNA: many retroviruses are known to cause cancer in animals 0
  • noun retrovirus any of a family (Retroviridae) of RNA viruses which have a virion that makes reverse transcriptase, including the viruses that cause leukemia and , AIDS 0
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Origin of retrovirus

First appearance:

before 1975
One of the 1% newest English words
First recorded in 1975-80; retro- + virus

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Parts of speech for Retrovirus

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retrovirus popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Related words

  • aids

    AIDS is a disease which destroys the natural system of protection that the body has against other diseases. AIDS is an abbreviation for 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome'.

  • aids virus

    a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and AIDS-related virus (ARV) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.

  • feline leukemia virus

    a retrovirus, mainly affecting cats, that depresses the immune system and leads to opportunistic infections, lymphosarcoma, and other disorders. Abbreviation: FeLV, FLV.

  • hepatitis c

    a form of hepatitis with clinical effects similar to those of hepatitis B, caused by a blood-borne retrovirus (hepatitis C virus) that may be of the hepatitis non-A, non-B type.
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